ἀργήεις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀργᾱ́εις (argā́eis) — Doric
• ἀργᾶς (argâs) — Doric, contracted

Etymology

From ἀργής (argḗs, “bright, glancing”) +‎ -εις (-eis, “-ful”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ɡɛ̌ː.eːs/ → /arˈʝi.is/ → /arˈʝi.is/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡɛ̌ː.eːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈɡe̝.is/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈʝi.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈʝi.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈʝi.is/

Adjective

ἀργήεις • (argḗeis) m (feminine ἀργήεσσᾰ, neuter ἀργῆεν); first/third declension

1. White, shining.

Inflection

First and third declension of ἀργήεις; ἀργήεσσᾰ; ἀργῆεν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀργήεις argḗeis	ἀργήεσσᾰ argḗessa	ἀργῆεν argêen		ἀργήεντε argḗente	ἀργηέσσᾱ argēéssā	ἀργήεντε argḗente		ἀργήεντες argḗentes	ἀργήεσσαι argḗessai	ἀργήεντᾰ argḗenta
Genitive		ἀργήεντος argḗentos	ἀργηέσσης argēéssēs	ἀργήεντος argḗentos		ἀργηέντοιν argēéntoin	ἀργηέσσαιν argēéssain	ἀργηέντοιν argēéntoin		ἀργηέντων argēéntōn	ἀργηεσσῶν argēessôn	ἀργηέντων argēéntōn
Dative		ἀργήεντῐ argḗenti	ἀργηέσσῃ argēéssēi	ἀργήεντῐ argḗenti		ἀργηέντοιν argēéntoin	ἀργηέσσαιν argēéssain	ἀργηέντοιν argēéntoin		ἀργήεισῐ / ἀργήεισῐν argḗeisi(n)	ἀργηέσσαις argēéssais	ἀργήεισῐ / ἀργήεισῐν argḗeisi(n)
Accusative		ἀργήεντᾰ argḗenta	ἀργήεσσᾰν argḗessan	ἀργῆεν argêen		ἀργήεντε argḗente	ἀργηέσσᾱ argēéssā	ἀργήεντε argḗente		ἀργήεντᾰς argḗentas	ἀργηέσσᾱς argēéssās	ἀργήεντᾰ argḗenta
Vocative		ἀργῆεν argêen	ἀργήεσσᾰ argḗessa	ἀργῆεν argêen		ἀργήεντε argḗente	ἀργηέσσᾱ argēéssā	ἀργήεντε argḗente		ἀργήεντες argḗentes	ἀργήεσσαι argḗessai	ἀργήεντᾰ argḗenta
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀργηέντως argēéntōs				ἀργηέστερος argēésteros				ἀργηέστᾰτος argēéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀργήεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press